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bytownite

bytownite noun: a plagioclase feldspar, the fifth member of the Albite-Anorthite solid solution series. Bytownite is rare, and normally occurs in small grains in lime-rich igneous rocks. Clear pale yellow crystals have come from Mexico and Oregon.

bytownite: a plagioclase feldspar, the fifth member of the Albite-Anorthite solid solution series. Bytownite...
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Noun

bytownite (usually uncountable, plural bytownites)

  1. (usually) A plagioclase feldspar, the fifth member of the Albite-Anorthite solid solution series. Bytownite is rare, and normally occurs in small grains in lime-rich igneous rocks. Clear pale yellow crystals have come from Mexico and Oregon.

Forms of bytownite

pluralbytownites

Origin of bytownite

From Bytown + -ite, named for the type locality in Bytown (now Ottawa), Canada, but this locality was later discredited. The name, however, was kept.

Questions about bytownite

What does bytownite mean?
Bytownite means a plagioclase feldspar, the fifth member of the Albite-Anorthite solid solution series. Bytownite is rare, and normally occurs in small grains in lime-rich igneous rocks. Clear pale yellow crystals have come from Mexico and Oregon.
What part of speech is bytownite?
Bytownite is a noun.
What is the plural of bytownite?
The plural of bytownite is bytownites.

Words near bytownite in the dictionary

  1. bythograeid
  2. bythograeids
  3. bytime
  4. bytimes
  5. bytown
  6. bytownite
  7. bytownites
  8. bytowns
  9. BYTs
  10. byturid
  11. byturids

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